"100 Million" is the second single from Birdman's third studio album, '' 5 * Stunna''. The track features

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and

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, and was produced by

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. Dre performs the chorus and

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performs the intro and outro, but neither of the two are credited. The song discusses what Birdman believes is a major accomplishment: spending 100 million dollars. The song reached number sixty-nine on the

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chart, and number eighteen on the

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chart. "Bubbling Under Hot 100" ''Billboard''. The song samples

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's "

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Music video

The song's music video was released on November 23, 2007 and was directed by Gil Green. The music video starts off with Birdman being interviewed by a parole board in a prison. It then introduces some people, such as Birdman and

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. The video then shows Rick Ross on a boat with his crew loading drugs. It then flicks to Birdman with various

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cars. He sings his verse there and then shows Young Jeezy in a car and then that leads to Lil Wayne in a house. The video concludes with DJ Khaled's outro and Birdman saying that what he is going to do is make a lot of money, which is the overall basis of the song and video. The video was premiered on

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in January 2008.

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